What church holidays will we celebrate in April according to the new and old church calendar.

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine switched to the New Julian calendar in September 2023. In this regard, all non-transitional church holidays (with a fixed date) are now celebrated 13 days earlier. However, some believers continue to adhere to the old Julian calendar.

In April, a major Orthodox holiday will be celebrated – the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, and two parental Saturdays will also be held in the same month – these dates are the same for the old and new styles, since they depend on Easter. What else do we celebrate in the second month of spring – see the church calendar for April 2024 according to the new and old styles.

Orthodox calendar according to the new style for April 2024

Orthodox holidays according to the new style in April 2024:

• April 1 – St. Gerontius, canonarch of Kiev-Pechersk.
• April 2 – St. Titus, wonderworker.
• April 3 – Venerable Nikita the Confessor, abbot of Midice, icon of the Mother of God “Unfading Flower”.
• April 4 – St. Joseph the Songwriter, St. Joseph the Much-Sick of Kiev-Pechersk.
• April 5 – martyrs Agathopod, deacon, Theodulus, reader, and others like them.
• April 6 – Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople, memorial Saturday of the third week of Great Lent.
• April 7 is the third week of Great Lent, the Worship of the Cross, St. George, Confessor, Metropolitan of Mytilene, Righteous Hetman Peter (Konashevich-Sagaidachny).
• April 8 – Apostles from the 70 Herodion and others, Venerable Rufus, recluse of the Kiev-Pechersk.
• April 9 – Martyr Eupsychius, Martyr Disan.
• April 10 – Terentius, Pompius, Africanus, Maximus, Zeno, Alexander, Theodore and others.
• April 11 – Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum in Asia.
• April 12 – St. Basil, confessor, Bishop of Paria.
• April 13 – Hieromartyr Artemon, memorial Saturday of the fourth week of Great Lent.
• April 14 – fourth week of Great Lent, St. John Climacus, martyrs Anthony, John and Eustathius of Lithuania.
• April 15 – Vyshgorod (Vladimir) Icon of the Mother of God, apostles from the 70 Aristarchus, Pud and Trofim, blessed Grand Duke Mstislav Vladimirovich.
• April 16 – martyrs Agapia, Irina, Chionia.
• April 17 – Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Persia and others like him, Venerable Akakios.
• April 18 – Thursday of the Great Canon, St. John of Thessalonica.
• April 19 – St. John the Pechernik.
• April 20 – Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos, Venerable Theodore Trikhina.
• April 21 – fifth week of Great Lent, Venerable Mary of Egypt.
• April 22 – St. Theodore Sekiot, transfer of the relics of the blessed Prince Vsevolod (Gabriel in baptism).
• April 23 – Great Martyr Yuri the Victorious (George the Victorious), martyrs Anatoly and Protoleon.
• April 24 – Martyr Savva Stratelates, Venerable Savva of the Kiev-Pechersk, Saint Alexei, recluse of the Kiev-Pechersk.
• April 25 – Apostle and Evangelist Mark.
• April 26 – Hieromartyr Basil, Bishop of Amasia.
• April 27 – Lazarus Saturday, resurrection of the righteous Lazarus, Venerable Stephen, abbot of the Kiev-Pechersk.
• April 28 – Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), Lviv Icon of the Mother of God.
• April 29 – the beginning of Holy Week, Great Monday, nine martyrs in Kyzitsa, the Monk Memnon, the miracle worker.
• April 30 – Great Tuesday, Apostle James, brother of St. John the Theologian.

Orthodox calendar according to the old style for April 2024

Orthodox holidays according to the old style in April 2024:

• April 1 – martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria.
• April 2 – St. John, Sergei, Patricius and others.
• April 3 – St. James, Bishop of Catania (Sicily).
• April 4 – Hieromartyr Basil, presbyter of Ancyra.
• April 5 – Venerable Martyr Nikon of Sicily, bishop, and his 199 disciples, Venerable Nikon, Abbot of Kiev-Pechersk.
• April 6 – St. Zechariah of Pechersk, faster, memorial Saturday of the third week of Great Lent.
• April 7 – third week of Lent, Veneration of the Cross, Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• April 8 – Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel.
• April 9 – Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica.
• April 10 – St. Hilarion the New.
• April 11 – Martyrs of Mark, Bishop of Arethussia.
• April 12 – St. John Climacus.
• April 13 – Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra, memorial Saturday of the fourth week of Great Lent.
• April 14 is the fourth week of Great Lent, St. John Climacus.
• April 15 – St. Titus, wonderworker.
• April 16 – St. Nikita the Confessor, abbot of Midice.
• April 17 – St. Joseph the Songwriter, St. George of the Peloponnese.
• April 18 – martyrs Agathopod, deacon, Theodulus, reader, and others like them.
• April 19 – Saint Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople.
• April 20 – St. George, confessor, Metropolitan of Mytilene.
• April 21 – fifth week of Great Lent, Venerable Mary of Egypt, apostles from the 70 Herodion and others.
• April 22 – Martyr Eupsychius, Martyr Disan.
• April 23 – martyrs Terentius, Pompius, Africanus, Maximus, Zeno, Alexander, Theodore and others.
• April 24 – Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum in Asia.
• April 25 – St. Basil, confessor, Bishop of Paria.
• April 26 – Hieromartyr Artemon.
• April 27 – Lazarus Saturday, the resurrection of righteous Lazarus, Saint Martin, Confessor, Pope.
• April 28 – apostles from the 70 Aristarchus, Pudus and Trophimus, Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday).
• April 29 – the beginning of Holy Week, Great Monday, martyrs Agapia, Irene, Chionia.
• April 30 – Great Tuesday, Hieromartyr Simeon, Bishop of Persia and others like him, Venerable Akakios.

Memorial days in April 2024

Special days of remembrance of the dead – parental Saturdays – fall on different dates every year; they depend on other religious holidays. In April 2024, two such memorial days fall – Saturday of the third week of Great Lent (April 6) and Saturday of the fourth week of Great Lent (April 13).

Let us remind you that Lent 2024 began on March 18 and will last until May 4.

Previously, we published a general new holiday calendar 2024 – what was moved and where this year.